A. B. Brown Generating Station

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{{Infobox power station

| name = A. B. Brown Generating Station

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| image = ABBRownOverallView2485.jpg

| image_caption = A.B. Brown Generating Station in 2011

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| location_map_caption = Location of the A. B. Brown Generating Station

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| coordinates = {{coord|37|54|20|N|87|42|54|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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| country = United States

| location = Marrs Township, Posey County, near Mount Vernon, Indiana

| status = O

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| commissioned = Unit 1 (coal): March, 1979
Unit 2 (coal): Feb, 1986
Unit 3 (gas): June, 1991
Unit 4 (gas): May, 2002

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| owner = Vectren

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| th_technology = Steam
Combustion gas turbine

| th_fuel_primary = Bituminous coal

| th_fuel_secondary = Natural gas

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| ps_electrical_capacity = 700

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The A. B. Brown Generating Station is a four-unit, 700 megawatt (MW) power plant, located on the northern bank of Ohio River, {{convert|8|mi|km|sigfig=1}} east of Mount Vernon, Indiana and {{convert|5|mi|km|sigfig=1}} southwest of Evansville, Indiana just west of the Posey-Vanderburgh County Line.{{cite web| title = Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company| work = Statement by a Holding Company Claiming Exemption, Form U-3A-2| publisher = U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission| date = February 29, 1996| url = http://www.secinfo.com/d2Q1c.9d.htm| doi = | accessdate = July 14, 2008}} Each of the two coal-fired units has a name-plate capacity of 265.2 MW. Bituminous coal is used as the primary fuel type, which can be substituted for natural gas.{{cite web| title = Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006| publisher = Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy| year = 2006| url = http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html| format = Excel| accessdate = July 14, 2008| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080616150236/http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html| archivedate= June 16, 2008| url-status= live}} There are also two gas turbine units, 88.2 MW of nameplate capacity each. The facility is owned by Centerpoint Energy (formerly Vectren, preceded by Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company).{{cite news| last = White| first = Beth| title = Vectren considers installing new pollution control equipment at AB Brown Power Plant| publisher = Channel 14 News| date = May 30, 2006| url = http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=4944503| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130115235724/http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=4944503| url-status = dead| archive-date = January 15, 2013| accessdate = July 14, 2008}} Vectren announced a plan to retire the plant in 2023 and replace it with a natural gas power plant; however, this plan needs to be approved by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Mark |title=Have opinions on CenterPoint's A.B. Brown power plant project? Here's your chance to be heard |url=https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2021/10/06/centerpoint-a-b-brown-power-plant-project-gets-public-hearing-oct-15/6005096001/ |newspaper=Evansville Courier & Press|access-date=2022-11-13|date=2022-10-06 |language=en-US}}